Oscars: Hungary Selects ‘White God’ as Academy Award Entry

Magnolia Pictures acquired North American rights to Cannes prize winner

LONDON — Hungary has selected Kornel Mundruczo’s “White God,” which won the Un Certain Regard prize at Cannes, as its entry for the Oscars’ foreign-language film category.

The decision was made at a meeting of the Hungarian Oscar Selection Committee on Wednesday.

The film is a cautionary tale about how outcasts can rise up against their oppressors.

Pic starts with the authorities deciding to heavily tax mixed-breed dogs, leading many owners to dump their mongrels on the street. Thirteen-year-old Lili fights desperately to protect her pet, Hagen, but her father casts the hound out. Hagen joins a pack of strays, which starts to attack people.